zerg90 wrote:
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060725/APN/607250676

IMHO- This is very well written. Peter Sz

Are they talking about APCO25 encryption of EVERYTHING? That's
ridiculous and outrageous.

Many confuse encoding with encryption. The use of APCO25 in and of
itself is not encryption.

Police companies far and wide love this stuff because only the most
expensive scanners can receive it. It also requires substantial
technical prowess to figure out what's what. Someone with that kind of
background isn't likely to be a threat. --Or so the theory goes.

That said, I concur with the editorial. Rodney King would never have
seen justice had it not been for the very quiet support of scanner
enthusiasts. Police forces far and wide have nothing to fear from a
citizen listening at home.

I do. My wife does too. We like to know what's going on around us. We
like to know where our tax money goes. What's wrong with that?

Jake Brodsky
Amateur Radio Station AB3A